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None other than trump himself is on a suicide mission. in case innocent lives of the u.s. are harmed because of this suicide attack, trump will be held totally responsible. >> the u.s. says saturday it also flew bombers to the east of north korea. the pentagon says it was a message to pyongyang over its nuclear ambitions. we are tracking events in the region from tokyo. he joins us now for the latest and more on that right there. hello, ben. >> reporter: hello, natalie. it's interesting that that flight of b-1-b bombers took place in international air space north of the dmz, the 38th parallel ...

Ways from that. certainly we did see the united states today or rather yesterday flying b-1 bombers and f-is a fighters up along the eastern coast of north korea above the dmz, above the 38th parallel that divides the two countries and according to a spokeswoman the first time they fly that far north since the century. it does indicate the president trump is not just talking. it's also showing the koreans it hat force to project itself very close to the area where, in fact, these nuclear tests are taking place. the sixth one so far since 2006 taking place on the 3rd of september.

Axios. here is the thing. i don't take moral equivalence. kim jong-un is the aggressor. he's building nuclear weapons threaten to use them against the united states. we're not advancing past the 38th parallel toward him. he may feel threatened but that's psychological. he's threatening us with weapons. your thoughts? why does this president think this high school routine is going to force the guy to close in about himself and give up his nuclear weapons. >> he knows nothing about anything. he's a bully. this is how he's blustered through his entire life, business and television. >> it worked. ...

Like a meeting. and then you look short range at perhaps a potential freeze of the north korean. they're going to want sanctions lifted, economic assistance. but i think it's the only way out of a very tense situation that affects american troops, american security, south korean people, japanese people, enormous tension in a very vital part of the world, and that's the korean peninsula. >> so john meacham, as a man of history, there's a lot of hit here. there's at korean war which never officially ended. there's the 38th parallel and the american family for whom it's endellible because their d...

The world and that's the korean peninsula. >> there's a lot of history here. the korean war which never officially ended. the 38th parallel for whom americans, it is indelible because their dad fought in that terrible nasty, nasty effort. and there's the pictures you and i grew up with from places i mentioned. the bikini atoll comes to mind. the nuclear tests over the pacific ocean. the terrific mushroom clouds. this was all new back then. can you believe there's talk of an actual test over the water at the tip of an icbm. >> yeah. a lot of us thought on christmas day, 1991, this chapter had c...